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Boca

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Feb 13, 2008
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How do I get them back on the dock please? And, what did I do to move them from there to wherever they went. thank you. b
 
Go into your Home folder (CMD+SHIFT+H) and drag the Documents and Downloads folder to the right (or bottom) side of your Dock.
You probably just dragged those two folder aliases* off the Dock.


* The Dock is just a place holder, like the Windows taskbar and does not actually store folders or applications, but points to them at their original location. It's like a shortcut or compilation of shortcuts.


Also have a look at the following links to learn more about Mac OS X:

 
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